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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social

like 70% of the worst evil being perpetrated in the world right now is caused by rich men trying to avoid death. this is their underlying hope for AI, and genetic engineering.

if true immortality ever existed we would have a moral responsibility to murder the inventors and bomb their labs.

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  1. jamapacu.bsky.social profile picture

    @jamapacu.bsky.social

    I’d rather take my chances with saint Peter, than suffer an eternity with those sick fucks.

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  3. emly.bsky.social profile picture

    Emily TestAccount @emly.bsky.social

    Too bad being uploaded into the computer is not real, would be a fitting end. a being of pure thought, no senses in a formless void, every second a century

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  4. jerwood.dev profile picture

    Jeremy Wood @jerwood.dev

    You think the gerontocracy is bad now, just wait until McConnell and Pelosi are 900 years old(er).

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  6. mcmjolnir.bsky.social profile picture

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @mcmjolnir.bsky.social

    and it's really impressive that they all - every one of em - know that this is Evil Guy shit in sci-fi/fantasy yet they seem unfazed by this knowledge

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  15. witchof.space profile picture

    ferretas @witchof.space

    Personally, I'm not in favor of bombing doctors, but I realize this is a controversial position given recent conflicts.

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  17. dwoboyle.com profile picture

    D W the Gutless @dwoboyle.com

    Folks gotta understand the beauty to existence is that it is temporary. Everything is in flux all the time and nothing is permanent.

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  19. jorpelson.bsky.social profile picture

    Phil @jorpelson.bsky.social

    I’ve thought that part of the reason they’re willing to sink so much money into data centers is not the belief that it’s necessary for AGI, but because of their desire for it to be necessary.

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  22. scaryintrovert.bsky.social profile picture

    Scary Introvert @scaryintrovert.bsky.social

    I think Alien: Earth also is onto something when Boy Kavalier says he wants to engineer someone smarter than him to have an interesting conversation. These guys all believe they're the pinnacle of genius and that the earth as it currently stands holds nothing for them.

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  24. peterhowitt.bsky.social profile picture

    Peter Howitt @peterhowitt.bsky.social

    "The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish"

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  25. baronblakley.bsky.social profile picture

    @baronblakley.bsky.social

    They wanted immortality but Kermit took their t and all that was left was immorality and they said, good enough

    Alt: kermit the frog holds a glass of lipton tea
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  27. tierdra.bsky.social profile picture

    Tierdra @tierdra.bsky.social

    Societal progress has frozen or even gone backwards because the people that have stopped forming new opinions 40 years ago and would often already be dead 20 years ago are still in power

    Even if society remained a "democracy" imagine 200 years of Chuck Schumers

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  31. reddinggo.bsky.social profile picture

    Ziti Linguini @reddinggo.bsky.social

    This is why everyone should be required to work a service job and be forced into daily interaction with the general public for a minimum of 3 years for basic survival. Until they’ve experienced wishing for the sweet release of death, the chuds will never get their heads out of the cloud.

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  32. @msw82.bsky.social

    They could end hunger and suffering and actually be remembered as gods, but none of them ever read the books assigned in school to be able to realize that. Lord of the Flies was about wealthy, white boys for a reason, lol. Working class girls would never 😄

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  34. monstrosa3000.bsky.social profile picture

    Monstrosa3000 @monstrosa3000.bsky.social

    I'd love to have a couple extra centuries, but I'm pretty sure shutting down cancer research and arresting experts on cell aging for undeclared frog embryos is not the way to go

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  35. jennystrath.bsky.social profile picture

    @jennystrath.bsky.social

    You'd think this would be more common knowledge considering it was covered in the documentary Horizon Forbidden West featuring the late great Lance Reddick.

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  36. cyrez.org profile picture

    Cyrez @cyrez.org

    Narcissistic megalomaniacs are terrified of getting old. It scares the shit out of them.

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  37. imasasquatch.bsky.social profile picture

    Ima Sasquatch @imasasquatch.bsky.social

    ‘if true immortality ever existed we would have a moral responsibility to murder the inventors and bomb their labs.’

    Can’t we do this anyway? You know, just to be on the safe side.

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  38. rickycilantro.bsky.social profile picture

    ricky cilantro @rickycilantro.bsky.social

    back in 2011 I thought of myself as a pretty knowledgeable guy on physics bc I read some books by Stephen Hawking and took three units of astronomy. so I talked with an actual physics major about shit akin to this. he very politely told me I didn’t know wtf I was talking about

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  39. arandomguy641.bsky.social profile picture

    Aidan @arandomguy641.bsky.social

    "We should murder the Wright Brothers because flight will only be for the rich."

    "We should murder Michael Bliss because Insulin will only be for the rich."

    "We should murder municiple workers because indoor plumbing will only be for the rich."

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  41. zeldaqueen.bsky.social profile picture

    @zeldaqueen.bsky.social

    Hell, pretty sure a good number of people only get 5hrough the day by reminding themselves that these assholes will inevitably die at some point.

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  44. hugotnmilan.bsky.social profile picture

    Renart @hugotnmilan.bsky.social

    When I was little, I thought this was a genuine thing, and some evil men were like that.

    Then I thought, surely this is an exageration, no one with a little bit of introspection would see it's a futile Endeavour.

    Silly me, I forgot capitalist are the most stupid fuckers on this rock.

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  45. lizabknapp.bsky.social profile picture

    Liza B Knapp @lizabknapp.bsky.social

    I have been thinking for some time now that Elon Musk’s inability to face his mortality is driving him to madness. He aspires to be non-human. No wonder he describes empathy as a ‘glitch.’

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  52. pmwwp.bsky.social profile picture

    The People Mover Who Was Promised @pmwwp.bsky.social

    This is just an absurd claim?

    Trump, Putin, Kim Jong Un, DOGE, rapists, spousal abusers, iowa pig farmers who use gestation crates. Very little of the evil anyone not named Bryan Johnson commits is to avoid death.

    Evil is done because because people decide that the welfare of others isn't worth

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  53. maroonphoenix.bsky.social profile picture

    Maroon Phoenix @maroonphoenix.bsky.social

    I’m convinced 80% of the pro-life movement is crybaby men who will never get over a woman being solely entrusted with their mortality for 9ish months. No matter how much money they ever accumulate, their own mortality and their offspring will always involve a mother.

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  55. mosermostly.bsky.social profile picture

    Alive in Chicago @mosermostly.bsky.social

    These bastards think they are too good for the human condition and we should all despise them for it. The bitter reality of mortal life is the theme of so much children's literature (Charlotte's Web, Tuck Everlasting) and they really just want to opt out. Fuck em.

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  62. bensonflinn.bsky.social profile picture

    Benson Flinn @bensonflinn.bsky.social

    immortality is not possible, but age extension definitely seems like it's possible. is there a distinction in your mind between the two? is there a point where the amount of age extension becomes bad on its face? is there a scenario where we have this technology with some equity?

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  63. chronologigal.bsky.social profile picture

    Jane Waddell @chronologigal.bsky.social

    tbh I don't feel great about "If immortality were an option, a handful of the worst humans would abuse it, so we must all be collectively punished with a death sentence for their crimes"

    If possible, I'd rather fight for everyone to have the option than for no one to have it

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  64. crabby-phatty.bsky.social profile picture

    Crabby Phatty with Cheese @crabby-phatty.bsky.social

    It's funny how they secretly believe in God and fear dying because they think Hell awaits them. Even if you disagree with that premise, it's a pretty solid plot for a based-on-real-life horror movie about gazillionaires selling their souls to The Devil.

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  65. rakeela.bsky.social profile picture

    Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social

    Death is the greatest injustice that takes from us all good people. Don't murder everyone in every future because you resent the lives of a few people in a few futures. Death IS the tyrant that allows the wealthy to use up and dispose of people. An immortal people would develop further.

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  66. rangutang.bsky.social profile picture

    Geoffrey Card @rangutang.bsky.social

    There's something beautiful in the fact that we all eventually make way for different future people, who have the chance to do better than we did.

    Oligarchs trying to live forever is effectively a commitment to permanently end human progress out of pure narcissism. "No one will improve on me."

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  69. o76923.bsky.social profile picture

    James Endicott @o76923.bsky.social

    The oldest surviving story is about a wealthy and powerful king who watched his beasty bestie die then sought out immortality so he'd never feel that pain again. He doesn't become a wise ruler until decades of failure teach him the truth that immortality is unattainable for a reason.

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  72. thefirstarticle.bsky.social profile picture

    The1stArticle @thefirstarticle.bsky.social

    Here's how fucking dekusional they are. They think that they can make a quantum mind that is ever-present and maintains its own identity as a probabilistic machine. With the energy source of fossil fuels.

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  73. tess.bsky.social profile picture

    tess @tess.bsky.social

    not only is everything else wrong with this tweet wrong with this tweet, no matter how bad you could possibly think AI and genetic engineering are it's insane to suggest they approach 70% of the evil in the world. there are several wars and several ongoing genocides.

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  74. dboydfineartmt.bsky.social profile picture

    Dennis Boyd @dboydfineartmt.bsky.social

    Data centers using all our water and energy in these communities and these Scumbag Tech-Bros funding this Fucking Regime to get tax breaks as well as other subsidies for these environmental atrocities.

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  75. nekointheshell.com profile picture

    Neko UID 0 @nekointheshell.com

    being rich means you forfeit your immortality and must enter combat in a synthetic meat suit on the mars mayhem megafight, where the rest of humanity will tune in to nyetflix to watch your demise

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  76. twitteraddict.bsky.social profile picture

    Blueprint @twitteraddict.bsky.social

    More egalitarian life extension would also cause a lot of problems... You'd have to drastically reduce the number of children people have or else the population would get completely out of control

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  80. wombgristle.bsky.social profile picture

    𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢 @wombgristle.bsky.social

    this is my nightmare pervert acct so it’s weird hopping in here, but i research UHNWI for work and recently walked through VC-funded longevity biotech hell. this is out in plain sight. all you have to do is start with the thiel fellowship winners and the picture paints itself.

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